LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR TRAINING
When: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 3:15 pm Pacific Time
Make a deep and lasting difference in the lives of children creating an environment of healing and resilience by including their most important attachment relationships in the change process confidently using an attachment-focused family play therapy model
LIVE ONLINE TRAINING WEBINAR
When: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 3:15 pm Pacific Time
Make a deep and lasting difference in the lives of children by creating an environment of healing and resilience by including their most important attachment relationships in the change process confidently using an attachment-focused family play therapy model
“I can’t figure out why my client isn’t doing better. Parents tell me they are doing all the things I’m suggesting but it’s not getting better.”
“I can sense something but I’m not sure what it is. I know there are some family patterns that might be causing or contributing to this problem, but I can’t figure out what it is. I don’t know what’s going on and my client isn’t getting better!”
Are you feeling stressed because you don’t think your clients are progressing and you don’t know why, so you try all kinds of activities to solve the problem but nothing works?
Maybe parents are calling, emailing, or texting you between sessions telling you all the things that aren’t working and you’ve tried everything but nothing’s working and you feel like a failure.
Maybe you think family play therapy can help but the thought of having so many people in the room creates a ton of anxiety for you because you don’t think you can do it right and then parents will think you’re terrible.
Or maybe you think you just need to work with your clients in individual counseling sessions and family therapy is not really effective.
It's time to shift away from using only an individual play therapy session approach to thinking about how to best help children heal using a family systems lens so you have a deeper and fuller understanding of what's going on with your clients and how to help them.
Cooper S.
Family Play Therapist
When you work with children you also work with their families because children are one part of a larger system
When you think about it from that perspective, you realize children can't be their own agents of change because they need the adults in their life to help them make the change.
AND – while you may not have the whole family in the session with your clients, we know from neuroscience and attachment research that early relationship experiences have a huge impact on clients’ beliefs about themselves (self-concept), others (formulating beliefs based on intentions and behaviors), and relationships (are relationships safe? how do I navigate relationships?).
That means that even though you may only provide individual play therapy sessions, your clients are actually bringing all their family relationship experiences into the playroom.
Getting a deeper understanding of your clients and what's contributing to their problem can make a huge difference to fully understand how to help them heal.
When the whole family (or even parts of the family) engages in the play therapy session you can see in “real time” the relationship patterns to identify problems area and strengths in the family and parenting. You don’t need to rely on what parents are telling you because you’ll see the dynamics right in front of you. This includes the role of siblings in the change process to help the whole family heal so you can help parents create a healthy family environment.
We know from decades of research in attachment and family systems theory that children thrive when they have strong attachment relationships, including relationships with their siblings. Strong attachment relationships help children develop and sustain resiliency.
Sarah P.
Licensed Professional Counselor
I remember when I was in my first year of graduate school for social work in 1990 learning about this theory model called family systems theory. It was like the whole world lit up and I finally understood so many things from my own childhood (we all diagnose ourselves in graduate school, right?!! 🤣).
I’ve always felt called to help children heal. Learning to conceptualize the problem that children are experiencing from a family systems lens was such a game changer because I could now look at what was going on and how to help clients more effectively.
Learning about attachment theory and neuroscience later in my career only added to my depth of understanding. I’ve always said that family is the “learning laboratory” for life. We learn how to navigate relationships and stressors within our family relationships, including sibling relationships, which I believe are greatly undervalued as a focus in treatment.
I’ve made lots of mistakes over the years. These mistakes have usually been my greatest learning lessons, especially when working with parents and families.
At this point in my career, my focus is helping the next generation of play therapists and child/adolescent therapists make a deep and lasting change in the lives of their clients. I take the valuable lessons and knowledge I’ve gained over the past 30+ years and pack all that into trainings so you can fast track your learning and get the best results for your clients using play therapy.
I developed a family play therapy model, Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy, to show you how to use neuroscience and attachment theory within the context of a family systems lens. This model takes you through all the stages of the change process to help children heal within the context of their most important relationships.
I’ll show you how to identify the roots of your clients’ problems and use Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy to get better treatment results using play therapy. This Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy training will show you how to use a neuroscience and attachment theory lens within a family systems and play therapy framework to overcome the challenges your clients are experiencing while also building strong attachment relationships with their parents and siblings.
Children don’t exist in life alone. They live within a family system. We know from decades of research in family systems theory and attachment theory that early relationships leave a lasting impact on all of us. Using an attachment-focused play therapy approach that integrates the whole family and/or parts of the family system allows you to create opportunities for healing the whole family and build healthy relationship patterns that will last a lifetime for your clients and their family.
In this family play therapy training, you’ll learn the neuroscience of relationships and emotion regulation. You’ll learn how to identify family relationship patterns and attachment relationship patterns using cultural humility to recognize what’s contributing to your clients’ problem. This allows you to more accurately get to the root of the problem for deeper healing that lasts a lifetime, not just a “bandaid” on the problem.
Parents are an important part of the change process for their children so helping parents to engage in the play therapy change process is vital for successful treatment outcomes. Using family play therapy can speed up progress because you’re helping to shift family relationship patterns and create an environment where your clients can thrive. You can use family play therapy sessions to see in “real time” what’s going on in the family so you can more accurately help parents support their children and facilitate faster healing. You’ll learn how to teach parents attachment-focused parenting skills and then use family play therapy sessions to help parents apply the skills they’re learning right in the sessions with your support.
Play therapists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, family therapists, child and adolescent psychologists
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: 11:00 am – 3:15 pm Pacific Time (Make sure to adjust for your time zone)
This is an online Live Webinar. You’ll receive the meeting link and access to your account with handouts in an email after you register.
When you work with children, you also work with their families since children are one part of a larger system. They don’t exist alone in a vacuum. Children can’t be their own agents of change because they need the adults in their life to facilitate change. Decades of research demonstrate that children are more resilient when they have strong positive attachment relationships. When the whole family (or even parts of the family) are present in sessions, you can observe how family relationships influence your clients’ problems. You can also observe how family members adjust to your clients’ problems. Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy uses the theory and research of neuroscience, attachment theory, and family therapy combined with the therapeutic powers of play. This model empowers children and their families to transform and build resiliency. Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy allows you to identify family relationship and parenting problem areas and strengths using cultural humility. This includes the role of siblings in the change process. You don’t need to rely on self-report because you’ll see the dynamics right in front of you. In this live webinar, you’ll learn an attachment-based family play therapy framework based on neuroscience and attachment theory to help your clients overcome their mental health challenges. Since parents are critical for the change process, you’ll learn the role of co-regulation. You'll also learn culturally relevant ways to teach attachment-based parenting skills to parents. This workshop will walk you through each phase of treatment and how to choose play therapy interventions.
90 minutes: Overview of Attachment Neurobiology
15 Minutes Break
30 Minutes: Relationship Nuts & Bolts using a neurobiology and attachment lens to identify strengths and needs within family relationships and form the foundation for treatment planning targets to address and strengthen; Attunement and Resonance circuitry for reading “cues,” Intersubjectivity & Reciprocity (Serve & Return); Proximity & Safety for Co-regulation; Relationship Rupture Repair Work; Overview of the Model; Foundational principles of Attachment-focused Family Play Therapy and caregiver engagement; Family S.P.A.C.E. and the 3R’s of Relationship Skills and accessing the therapeutic powers of play
30 Minutes: Overview of the Phases of treatment, essential tasks for each phase of treatment, and use of video recording sessions for therapeutic teaching with parents; Review Therapeutic Powers of Play for Family Play Therapy
1 hour 30 minutes: Overview of of each phase of treatment, purpose of each phase and focus with caregivers; Choosing interventions for each phase of play therapy treatment; use of case study to discuss application; experiential activities for each phase
Important! In order to receive continuing education hours credit, participants must be present for the entirety of the training and keep cameras on at all times.
For mental health professionals pursuing a Registered Play Therapy (RPT) certification, this training fits into Category 2: Play Therapy Skills and Methods. Play therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals.
Here’s the rationale for Primary Area Category 3: the seminal and historically significant theories underlying this training is Child Centered Play Therapy/Humanistic because the use of the therapeutic relationship is critical for the change process using with an attachment and neurobiological “lens”. Ecosystemic/Prescriptive play therapy models provide a framework for integration of theories to individualize the interventions used to meet the needs of individual clients. This training uses these seminal and historically significant theories as the foundation for the inclusion of neuroscience and attachment theory to inform the treatment process for the family system and uses family play therapy interventions based on the needs of each client/family within a safe, strong therapeutic relationship. This training teaches skills to use play therapy with children, adolescents, and their families.
Play therapists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, family therapists, child and adolescent psychologists
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Written communication to Cathi Spooner at info@rhplaytherapytraining.com is required one week before the training date no later than 11:59 pm Pacific time on 09/06/2024. No refunds will be given after that date. Trainings begin promptly at 11:00 am Pacific zone and access to the online/virtual training will be locked by 11:15 am Pacific time zone to ensure participant attendance in its entirety. Please ensure you adjust training times for your time zone.
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Ryan A.
Attachment - Focused Family Play Therapy Training
When: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 3:15 pm Pacific Time
Where: Online
$87
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